Blogs from Tanzania, Africa - page 372

Moshi - Mt. Kilimanjaro 2-13-06 We left Kampala at 5:10 Am on a well maintained, Kenya Air 737 jet. The 1-1/2 hour flight to Nairobi was uneventful as was the turboprop flight to Kilimanjaro airport. Upon arrival we learned that there are no busses from the airport to Moshi where we planned to stay. It cost $50 US to take a cab for the 15 mile ride to town. Tell me cabbies aren’t the same everywhere. Later we learned that we could have taken a cab about 1 mile to the main road and flagged down a bus from there to town for about $2. Moshi is a scruffy smallish town, but it is where you stay if you can’t afford the luxury safari lodges near Kilimanjaro. We found a decent place to stay, the Kindoroko ... read more

So far Tabitha is still single. Shirley and I have been beating the guys off… have been to Mountain Lodge (7200 feet up). The highlight was Tabitha running through the forest with her pants down with a few Fire Ants attached to her ass. Quite the lovely sight. Next we were off to Lake Nakuru, which is home to 1.9 million flamingos. A beautiful pink sight. We also saw our first Rhino - rounding out the complete Big 5 sighting. Unfortunately it chased us as he was a wee bit grumpy cuz someone had sawed off his horn and he was pissed (but it weren’t us!). From there it was two nights at the Masai Mara. Being such wonderful giving girls, we let them upgrade us to the one and only State Room! Wow! Second day ... read more

I finally made it to the music fest around 9pm and unfortunately missed the jazz band Taffetas, who I had seen the prior week in Dar. But of the ones that I caught, this one was one of my favorite. It was an East African reggae band with some really awesome performances. ... read more

Hello from Tanzania! "Africa is hot!" Especially when we compare to current temperatures in Europe! This was the first thing we realised when we stepped out from our plane to Kilimanjaro International Aiirport on the 12th Jan. On the way to Moshi we fell in love the landscape of the dry savannas and acasia trees right away. Our plans were the following: -of course we came to climb Kilimanjaro, that is why most of the travellers come, but before that we scheduled in an aclimatisation climb of Mount Meru first- -then safari, which is a must if you are in East Africa -then beach, we need to have a rest after the tiring climbs and the dusty roads Meru was really great! The fist day of the climb was rather a walking safari. We went through ... read more

Here I am in Tanzania! Its all a bit crazy but my journey started on the morning of february 2nd with a train journey from edinburgh waverly to london kings cross. I met up with Elsie (a fellow volunteer from Inverness) at the station at 9, we had met once before, and said our goodbyes to our parents. We spent the journey playing cards and chatting but when we got to london the problems began namely- I couldn't lift my rucksack! we had to get an underground and a bus from kings to the airport and that was interesting! Anyway- at the airport we did some last minute shopping in Boots and then went to meet the others at Cafe Nero. We spent a couple of hours chatting to everyone and then it was time to ... read more